Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 770: To ask the Minister for Defence the rates of overtime or additional allowances payable to staff who work in his Department's press office in respect of persons being on call and their additional attendance at work before or after normal hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29303/05]

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 771: To ask the Minister for Defence the amounts of [i]ex gratia[/i] payments made to staff in his Department's press office in respect of persons being on call and their additional attendance at work before or after normal hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/05]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 770 and 771 together.

No payments of the type referred to by the Deputy, overtime, additional allowances or ex gratia payments, were made to staff who work in my Department's press office in respect of persons being on call and their attendance at work before or after normal hours.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 772: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of compensatory leave granted or due to be granted to staff in his Department; the individuals to whom they were granted in respect of additional attendance at work before or after normal hours of attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29333/05]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is listed in the following table.

With regard to civilian employees, the total number of hours of compensatory leave granted since June 2002 was 4,252 hours.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 773: To ask the Minister for Defence if the personnel files of staff in his Department have been copied or given to external parties; if so, the safeguards which have been put in place to ensure that no personal data of any member of staff in his Department will be released to third parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29348/05]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The office of the chief medical officer for the Civil Service provides high quality medical advice and an occupational health service to my Department. The sick leave papers of staff are referred to that office from time to time as necessary. Personnel files are also released to staff of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General on request for audit purposes.

Personal information relating to any member of staff in this Department is not released to third parties, banks, insurance companies, solicitors etc., without the express permission of the employee concerned.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 774: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department to whom leave of absence, or any other absence from normal duties or place of work, in excess of two months was granted for educational purposes in any year since 2002; the nature of the educational course undertaken in each case; if there are terms or conditions relating to academic achievement attached to the granting of such leave; if personnel who were granted such leave failed to complete their courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29363/05]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Three higher executive officers from my Department, one in 2003 and two in 2004, were successful candidates in the competition held by the Public Appointments Service for acceptance onto the masters programme in public policy analysis, a two year full-time programme delivered by the Institute of Public Administration in association with the faculty of commerce, UCD. The first year is a full time academic year and in the second year, candidates undertake a major evaluation project identified by my Department in co-operation with the centre for organisation and management of the Department of Finance and the Institute of Public Administration.

Candidates who are allocated a place on the programme are appointed to temporary supernumerary positions at assistant principal level on an acting basis. Upon satisfactory completion of the programme, candidates are assigned to a posting at assistant principal level to undertake work in public policy analysis.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 775: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff who applied for a refund of course fees in respect of courses undertaken at night or evenings; the value of refunds expected to be made by his Department in 2005; the number of staff to whom approval to attend a course was granted in the last academic year but did not subsequently apply for the refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29378/05]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.